Carrera Banshee - any good?

sandy771
sandy771 Posts: 368
edited March 2012 in MTB general
I have one of these at the back of the garage and wondered what people think of them. It got sidelined a year ago when I got my Talon which was when i started MTBing a more seriously and tbh was rarely used before that, or rather was used for the odd flatish bridalway. I have traded in the Talon and now have a Trance X3 and I am loving it :)

That said is the Banshee any good? there are a few small spots of rust on the forks but other than that it's in reasonably good nick.

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  • supersonic
    supersonic Posts: 82,708
    Depends what year! Have been many variations.
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  • sandy771
    sandy771 Posts: 368
    Oops :) prob 5/6 years old
  • The Rookie
    The Rookie Posts: 27,812
    The banshee's aren't bad at what they are designed for, 5/6 years ago should look just like the current frame, they had a few issues at one point with chain stays snapping apparently 9and I have seen one, though no idea how why as it had been 'repaired' already), they are heavy, burly and mostly pretty tough, no cross country machine, the daughters BF rides a 3 year old one, hard, and has no issues, as a freeride bike, although he's now doing trail centres so has been progressively upgrading it until he can afford a full reframe, SLX brakes, X9 shifting etc etc

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